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THE  FIRST  HARVARD  PLAYWRIGHT 


A  BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF 
THE  RESTORATION  DRAMATIST 

JOHN  CROWNE 

WITH  EXTRACTS  FROM  HIS  PREFACES  AND  THE 
EARLIER  VERSION  OF  THE  EPILOGUE  TO 

SIR  COURTLY  NICE,  1 685 
BY 

GEORGE  PARKER  \yiNSHIP 

HARRY  ELKJNS  WIDENER  MEMORIAL  LIBRARY,  HARVARD  UNIVERSITT 


CAMBRIDGE 

PRINTED  AT  THE  HARVARD  UNIVERSITY  PRESS 

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EDGAR  H.  V7ELLS  AND  COMPANY 

NEW  YORK 

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THE  FIRST  Harvard  man  who  succeeded  in  making  a  liv- 
ing by  practising  a  recognized  form  of  literature  was 
the  Restoration  dramatist  John  Crowne.  Crowne's  attend- 
ance at  the  New  England  college  was  presumably  due  to 
the  fact  that  his  father  resided  in  Boston  for  a  time,  toward 
the  end  of  the  period  of  the  Protectorate.  As  soon  as  King 
Charles  II  was  safely  on  his  throne,  the  Crowne  family  re- 
turned to  London.  The  son  at  least  once  recalled  his  under- 
graduate days,  when  he  made  a  deposition,  which  is  now  in 
the  British  Public  Record  OfBce,  stating  that  the  Regicides, 
Walley  and  Goffe,  *  resided  in  Cambridge  University,  of 
which  deponent  was  a  member,'  shortly  after  their  arrival 
in  America. 

This  Bibliography  of  Crowne's  publications  is  based  on 
a  section  of  the* Report  on  Some  Authors  of  English  Liter- 
ature, 1660-1780,'  compiled  in  1902-03,  which  is  largely  re- 
sponsible for  the  strength  of  the  Harvard  Library  for  that 
period.  It  was  expanded  by  Miss  Eleanor  D.  Monroe  for 
publication  in  number  II  of  ^Harvard  Library  Notes,'  for 
October,  1920,  pp.  46-52.  Titles  and  collations  missing  at 
that  time  have  now  been  added,  all  statements  have  been 
verified  by  an  examination  of  the  British  Museum  copies, 
and  again  checked  with  the  Harvard  copies  by  Mr.  George 
Osborne  Forrest.  The  Harvard  Library  now  contains  all 
but  two  of  the  Seventeenth  Century  editions  described 
herein;  one  single-sheet  and  one  Second  Edition.  Of  the 
47  titles  listed.  Harvard  has  41.  Passages  from  Crowne's 
Prefaces  which  illustrate  the  history  of  the  stage,  and 
his  observations  on  Shakespeare,  have  been  added  to  the 
notes.  The  Epilogue  to  'Sir  Courtly  Nice'  is  reprinted 
from  the  single-sheet  that  was  issued  in  1685.    ^^  ^s 

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longer  and  entirely  different  from  the  version  which  was 
printed  at  the  end  of  the  play. 

There  is  a  collected  edition  of  Crowne's  plays,  in  four 
volumes,  in  the  series  of  ^Dramatists  of  the  Restoration* 
edited  by  James  Maidment  and  W.  H.  Logan,  London, 
1873-74.  They  are  the  subject  of  doctoral  dissertations 
by  Wilhelm  Grosse,  "John  Crownes  Komodien  und 
Burleske  Dichtung,"  Leipzig,  1903;  by  Arthur  Franklin 
White  at  Harvard  in  19 17;  and  by  Werner  Koberg, 
**Quellenstudien  zu  John  Crowne's  'Darius',"  Ham- 
burg, 191 1.  Dr.  White  published  a  summary  of  the  very 
substantial  results  of  his  investigations  in  the  Publica- 
tions of  the  Modern  Language  Association  of  America 
for  December,  1920. 


G.  P.  W. 


Harvard  University 
April,  1922 


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CHRONOLOGY 

1657-60    John  Crowne  at  Harvard 

1665     Pandion  and  Amphigenia 

1 67 1  Juliana 

1 672  History  of  Charles  VIII 

1674  Notes  on  (Settle's)  Empress  of  Morocco 

(with  Dryden  and  Shadwell) 

1675  Andromache 
Prologue  to  Calistho 
Calisto,  A  Masque  at  Court 
Country  Wit 

1677     Destruction  of  Jerusalem 
(The  same)  Part  II 

1679  Ambitious  Statesman 

1680  Misery  of  Civil  War  (Henry  VI,  Part  II) 
Charles  VIII,  2d  issue 

1 68 1  Thyestes 

Ambitious  Statesman,  2d  issue 

Henry  VI 

Henry  VI,  Part  II,  2d  edition 
1683     Prologue  and  Epilogue  to  City  Politiques 

City  Politiques 
1685     Prologue  and  Epilogue  to  Sir  Courtly  Nice 

Sir  Courtly  Nice 

Poem  on  the  Death  of  Charles  II 
1688     City  Politiques,  2d  edition 

Darius 

(The  same)  variant  edition 
1690    Prologue,  etc.,  to  The  English  Frier 

The  English  Frier 
1692     Daeneids 

History  of  a  Passionate  Love 


1693  Destruction  of  Jerusalem,  2d  edition 
Sir  Courtly  Nice,  2d  edition 
Country  Wit,  2d  edition 

1694  The  Married  Beau 
Regulus 

1698    Caligula 

1703    Sir  Courtly  Nice,  3d  edition 

(The  same)  4th  edition 

Destruction  of  Jerusalem,  3d  edition 

171 2,  April.    John  Crowne  died 

1 71 6  The  Church  Scuffle  (2d  edition  of  Daeneids) 

1724  Sir  Courtly  Nice,  5th  edition 

1727  Country  Wit,  3d  edition 

1 73 1  Sir  Courtly  Nice,  6th  edition 

1735  Sir  Courtly  Nice,  7th  edition 

Country  Wit,  4th  edition 

1765  Sir  Courtly  Nice,  8th  edition 

1767  Sir  Phantast  (Courtly  Nice)  Bremen 

1782  Die  unmogliche  Sache  (Courtly  Nice)  Vienna 

1873  Collected  edition 


BIBLIOGRAPHY 

'  The  Ambitious  Statesman,  Or  The  Loyal  Favourite.  As  it 
was  Acted  at  the  Theatre  Royal,  By  His  Majesties  Servants. 
Written  by  Mr.  Crowne.  London,  Printed  for  William  Abing- 
ton,  at  the  Black-spread-Eagle  at  the  West  end  of  St.  Pauls, 
1679. 

4°.  16,  86,  2  pp.  2d  leaf  blank  in  the  British  Museum  copy; 
it  is  usually  lacking. 

The  Preface  speaks  of  'This  Play,  which  I  think  the  most 
Vigorous,  of  all  my  foolish  Labours.* 

[The  Same.]  acted  at  the  Theatre-Royal.  .  .  .  The  Second 
Edition.   London,  Printed  for  R.  Bentley,  and  M.  Magnes,  in 
Russel-street  in  Covent-Garden,  near  the  Piazza,  mdclxxxi. 
The  sheets  of  the  first  edition  reissued  with  the  new  title, 
having  the  imprint  of  Crowne's  usual  publishers. 

The  new  title  was  apparently  printed  on  the  blank  leaf  of 
the  first  signature  of 'Thyestes.' 

Andromache.  A  Trage4y.  As  it  is  Acted  At  The  Dukes  The- 
atre.   London,  Printed  by  T.  RatclifFe,  &  N.  Thompson,  for 
Richard  Bentley,  and  Sold  by  the  Book-sellers  of  London  and 
Westminster,  1675. 
4°.  8,  48  pp.;  &  a  leaf  for  the  Epilogue. 

In  'The  Epistle  to  the  Reader'  Crowne  says,  'This  Play  was 
Translated  by  a  young  Gentleman,  ...  I  begged  leave  of 
him  to  turn  it  into  Prose;  .  .  .  This  I  thought  good  to  say,  to 
clear  my  self  of  the  scandal  of  this  poor  Translation,  wherewith 
I  was  slandered,  in  spite  of  all  that  I  could  say  in  private,  in 
spite  of  what  the  Prologue  and  Epilogue  affirmed  on  the  Stage 
in  publick,  which  I  wrote  in  the  Translators  name.' 

Caligula.   A  Tragedy,  As  it  is  Acted  at  the  Theatre  Royal, 
By  His  Majesty's  Servants.  Written  by  Mr.  Crowne.  London: 

C7] 


Printed  by  J.  Orme,  for  R.  Wellington,  at  the  Lute  in  St. 
Paul's  Church-Yard,  and  sold  by  Percivil  Gilborne,  at  the  Har- 
row, at  the  corner  of  Chancery-Lane,  and  Bernard  Lintott,  at 
the  Cross-Keys  in  St.  Martins-Lane,  near  Long-Acre.   1698.    ^ 
4°.  8, 4, 52  pp. 

The  Prologue,  etc.,  and  Books  lately  printed  for  Richard 
Wellington,  are  on  a  separate  fold,  4  pp.,  which  was  inserted 
either  before  or  after  the  text.  The  catchword  'Act'  on  the 
third  of  these  pages  and  the  same  catchword  at  the  end  of  the 
Epistle  to  the  Reader,  A4  verso,  suggest  that  changes  or  addi- 
tions were  made  during  the  printing. 
Four  late  publications  are  advertised  below  the  imprint. 
In  the  Dedication  to  Henry  Earl  of  Rumney,  speaking  of 
France  and  England,  Crowne  says,  *I  have  suffer'd  severely, 
and  therefore  may  be  allow'd  to  speak.  The  Favour,  or  rather 
Authority,  which  a  mighty  Neighbouring  Kingdom,  had  in  our 
Court  some  years  ago,  got  my  Inheritance,  which,  tho'  it  lay  in 
the  Desarts  of  America,  would  have  enabled  me  (if  I  cou'd  have 
kept  it)  to  have  liv'd  at  my  ease  in  these  beautifuU  parts  o*  the 
World.' 

Crowne  also  mentions  this  claim  in  the  Dedication  of  'The 
English  Frier,'  1690,  to  William,  Earl  of  Devonshire:  'I  had 
much  Bread  from  the  Princely  bounty  of  K.  Charles,  and 
claims  to  more  from  his  Justice  for  a  great  Province  of  vast 
value  given  in  his  Reign  to  the  French;  half  of  which  was  my 
Fathers  rightful  Property  and  mine,  as  his  heir.* 

Calisto  :  Or,  The  Chaste  Nimph.  The  Late  Masque  At  Court, 
As  it  was  frequently  Presented  there.  By  several  Persons  of 
Great  Quality.  With  The  Prologue,  and  the  Songs  Betwixt 
The  Acts.  All  Written  by  J.  Crowne.  London,  Printed  by 
Tho:  Newcomb,  for  James  Magnes  and  Richard  Bentley,  at 
the  Post-Office  in  Russel-street  in  Coven t-Garden.  1675.  ^^ 
4°.  24, 72  pp.,  text  numbered  1-40, 49-55,  58-81. 

Dedicated  to  the  Lady  Mary,  daughter  of  the  Duke  of  York, 
who  married  William  of  Orange  and  became  Queen  in  1688. 

C8] 


The  Persons  of  the  Play  gives  'The  Names  of  those  Great  Per- 
sons who  had  Parts  in  the  Representation/ 

Copies  occurwithout  the  three  leaves,  a-a3,'To  the  Reader,* 
addressed  to  the  public  outside  the  court  circle. 

The  text  was  printed  in  three  sections.  The  first  of  these, 
Acts  i-iii,  took  much  less  space  than  had  been  allowed,  end- 
ing on  page  40.  The  second  had  meanwhile  been  started  with 
the  page  numbered  49,  Sig.  H;  there  is  therefore  no  Sig.  G,  or 
pages  41-48.  The  latter  half  was  likewise  divided  between  two 
printers,  one  of  whom  began  with  page  67.  The  other,  begin- 
ning on  page  49,  did  not  have  enough  matter  to  fill  his  last 
page,  and  consequently  set  two  pages,  65-66,  in  larger  type. 
The  same  thing  occurred  at  the  end  of  the  play;  half  of  page  79 
is  empty,  and  pages  80-81  are  in  larger  type. 

The  Harvard  copy  has  the  bookplate  of  Viscount  Tamworth 
on  back  of  title  page. 

The  Prologue  to  Calistho,  With  The  Chorus's  Between  The 
Acts.   London,  Printed  in  the  Year  mdclxxv. 
4°.  2, 21  pp. 

This  differs  from  the  text  of  the  Masque  as  printed  in  full,  in 
ways  which  suggest  that  this  is  the  earlier  form. 

The  Harvard  copy  is  in  contemporary  red  morocco,  tooled, 
with  Percy  Fitzgerald's  bookplate. 

The  Church  Scuffle;  Or,  The  Noble  Labours  of  the  Great 
Dean,  mdccxvi. 

See  Daeneids,  1692. 

City  Politiques.    A  Comedy.    As  it  is  Acted  By  His  Maj- 
esties Servants.  Written  By  Mr.  Crown.  London,  Printed  for 
R.  Bently  in  Covent-Garden,  and  Joseph  Hindmarsh,  Book- 
Seller  to  His  Royal  Highness,   m.dc.lxxxiii.  LC, 
4°.  8,  80  pp. 

'To  the  Reader*  deals  with  the  gossip  which  identified  the 
leading  characters  with  well-known  London  Citizens,  whose 
initials  were  noted  by  a  contemporary  hand  in  many  copies. 

C9] 


Acts  IV  and  v,  pp.  41-80,  signatures  G-L,  are  in  a  different, 
somewhat  larger  type.  The  printer  of  the  first  half  of  the  play, 
finding  that  Act  iii  ended  about  the  middle  of  page  40,  set  the 
last  two  speeches,  four  lines,  in  larger  italic,  to  fill  the  blank 
lower  half  of  the  page.  This  explains  the  emphasis  given  these 
lines  in  the  next  edition. 

[The  Same.]  Printed  for  R.  Bently  in  Russel  street  in  Covent- 
Garden,  and  Joseph  Hindmarsh,  at  the  Golden-Ball,  over 
against  the  Royal-Exchange  in  Cornhill,  1688.  ^ 

4°.  8,71  pp. 

The  Prologue  and  Epilogue  to  the  City  Politicks.  [At 
end:]  London:  Printed  forTho.  Benskins  in  St.  Brides  Church 
yard,  1683. 

(folio  leaf,  29^  X  19  cmm.) 

In  the  Epilogue,  the  line  beginning  'Railing  does  not'  in  the 
quarto  editions,  reads: 

'Railing  does  to  no  private  men  belong* 
and  the  quarto  'If  you'r  Tories'  reads  'for  Tories.* 

The  Countrey  Wit.  A  Comedy:  Acted  at  the  Dukes  Theatre. 
Written  by  Mr.  Crown.  London,  Printed  by  T.  N.  for  James 
Magnes,  and  Richard  Bentley,  at  the  Post-Office  in  Russel- 
street,  in  Coven t-Garden,  1675.  ^'^' 

4°.  8, 92, 1  pp. 

Printed  in  two  sections,  the  compositors  beginning  with 
Acts  I  and  iv  on  pages  i  and  49,  simultaneously.  The  first 
section  filled  two  pages  more  than  the  48  allowed  for  Acts  i- 
III,  so  that  an  additional  leaf  had  to  be  inserted  after  sig.  G, 
marked  (g).  Page  48  is  not  numbered;  the  number  48  is  on 
the  next  page,  the  first  of  the  extra  pages;  the  page  following 
is  also  not  numbered.  The  numbers  on  the  pages  of  the  second 
section,  48-90,  are  therefore  each  two  less  than  the  correct 
number,  i.  e.,  the  last  page  is  numbered  90,  and  should  be  92. 

The  Epistle  Dedicatory  to  Charles,  Earl  of  Middlesex,  de- 
scribes the  attempt  to  stamp  down  the  first  performance: 

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'those  who  do  not  like  low  Comedy,  will  not  be  pleased  with 
this,  because  a  great  part  of  it  consists  of  Comedy,  almost 
sunk  into  Farce;  .  .  .  yet,  the  Building  stood  firmer  than  I 
expected,  and  withstood  the  battery  of  a  whole  party,  ...  I 
had  the  diversion  to  see  the  Play  stand,  and  them  choakt  with 
the  dust  they  made  about  it.' 

[The  Same.]  London,  Printed  for  Thomas  Chapman,  at  the 
Golden-Key  near  Charing-Cross.    1693.  L^ 

4°.  6, 60  pp. 

Printed  in  fours,  with  a  single  leaf,  sig.  H,  for  pages  51-52. 

The  Country  Wit;  [The  Same.]  London:  Printed  for  J. 
Darby  in  Bartholomew-Close;  A.  Bettesworth  in  Paternoster- 
Row,  and  F.  Clay  without  Temple-Bar;  all  in  Trust  for  Rich- 
ard, James,  and  Bethel  Wellington:  And  sold  also  by  Richard 
Caldwell  in  Newgate  Street,  m.dcc.xxvii.  Price  i  s. 
12  mo.  104  pp. 

'  [The  Same.]  London:  Printed  for  W.  Feales,  at  Rowe's  Head, 
the  Corner  of  Essex-Street  in  the  Strand;  A.  Bettesworth,  in 
Pater-Noster  Row;  F.  Clay,  at  the  Bible,  R.  Wellington,  at  the 
Dolphin  and  Crown,  and  C.  Corbet,  at  Addison's  Head,  all 
without  Temple-Bar;  and  J.  Brindley,  at  the  King's  Arms  in 
New  Bond-street,  mdccxxxv.  ''^ 

12  mo.  1 12  pp. 

Title  in  red  and  black. 

Daeneids,  Or  The  Noble  Labours  of  the  Great  Dean  Of  Notre- 
Dame  In  Paris,  For  the  Erecting  in  his  Quire  a  Throne  for  his 
Glory,  and  the  Eclipsing  the  Pride  of  an  Imperious,  Usurping 
Chanter.  An  Heroique  Poem  in  Four  Canto's.  Containing  a 
true  History,  and  shews  the  Folly,  Foppery,  Luxury,  Laziness, 
Pride,  Ambition,  and  Contention  of  the  Romish  Clergy.   Li- 


censed,  Jan.  27.  169^.  London,  Printed  for  Richard  Baldwin 
in  Warwick-Lane,  near  the  Oxford-Arms-Inn.    1692. 

4°.  8,  3^  PP- 

Reprinted  in  Dryden's  'The  Third  Part  of  Miscellany 
Poems,  MDCCXvi."  (8**.  pp.  5,  358-380)  with  a  separate  title 
page  reading  as  above,  except  that  it  begins  'The  Church  Scuf- 
fle;' in  place  of 'Daeneids,'  and  the  imprint  is  'Printed  in  the 
Year  mdccxvi.* 

Darius  King  of  Persia.   A  Tragedy,  As  it  is  Acted  by  Their 
Majesties   Servants.     Written    by   Mr.    Crowne.     London: 
Printed  for  R.  Bentley  at  the  Post-house  in  Russel-street  in 
Coven  t-Garden,  1688. 
4^  12,69,2  pp. 

The  tv/o  1688  editions  are  identical,  except  for  the  imprint. 

(]The  Same.]  Printed  for  Jos.  Knight  and  Fr.  Saunders,  at  the 
Blew  Anchor  in  the  Lower-Walk  of  the  New-Exchange  in  the 
Strand.  1688. 
4°.  12,69,2  pp. 

The  Destruction  of  Jerusalem  by  Titus  Vespasian.  In 
Two  Parts.  As  it  is  Acted  at  the  Theatre  Royal.  Written  by 
Mr.  Crowne.  Part  the  First.  London,  Printed  for  James 
Magnes  and  Richard  Bentley  in  Russel-street,  near  the 
Piazza's,  and  the  Post-house  in  Coven  t-Garden.    1677.  ^^ 

4°.  16,  56;  4,  64,  2  pp;  'Some  Books  Printed'  for  the  joint 
publishers,  on  the  2d  leaf  of  K;  i  leaf  Errata. 

The  second  part  is  typographically  a  separate  publication. 

[]The  Same.]   In  two  Parts.   As  it  was  Acted  .  .  .  London, 
Printed  for  R.  Bentley,  at  the  Post-house  in  Russel-street,  in 
Coven  t-Garden.  1693. 
4®.  10, 106  pp. 

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[The  Same.]   London:  Printed  for  Rich.  Wellington,  at  the 
Dolphin  and  Crown  in  Paul's  Church-Yard,  and  E.  Rumball 
in  Coven t-Garden.  1703. 
4°.  10, 106  pp. 

Three  'Newly  Publish'd'  books  are  advertised  below  the 
imprint. 

The  Destruction  of  Jerusalem  by  Titus  Vespasian.  The 
Second  Part.  As  it  is  Actod  at  the  Theatre  Roya!  By  Their 
Majesties  Servants.  Written  by  Mr.  Crown.  London,  Printed 
for  J.  Magnes  and  R.  Bentley,  in  Russel-street  in  Covent- 
Garden,  near  the  Piazza's,  Anno.  Dom.  1677. 
4°.  4,  64,  2;  'Some  Books'  as  described  above;  i  leaf  Errata. 

The  English  Frier:  Or,  The  Town  Sparks.  A  Comedy,  As  it 
is  Acted  by  Their  Majesty's  Servants.  By  Mr.  Crowne.  Lon- 
don: Printed  for  James  Knapton,  at  the  Crown  in  St.  Paul's 
Church-yard,  1690.  iq 

4°.  12, 53, 2  pp. 

The  Preface  describes  the  first  performance,  when  the  play 

was   'imperfectly   acted   and   furiously   opposed my 

Enemies  made  such  confusion  in  the  Pit,  and  by  consequence, 
among  the  Actors  upon  the  Stage,  no  Plot  could  be  well  seen 
or  heard,  but  one  in  the  Pit  to  damn  me,  that  was  visible  and 
audible  enough  .  .  .  this  Play,  notwithstanding  all  the  barba- 
rous usage  it  received,  began  visibly  to  lift  up  its  head, .  .  .  but 
the  Players  thought  fit  to  keep  it  down,  to  preserve  the  peace 
of  the  Stage,  for  otherwise  they  would  never  have  given  over  a 
Play  that  brought  so  much  good  company  together,  as  this  did 
on  the  third  day  .  .  .  This  Play,  before  it  came  on,  pleas'd  all 
that  read  it,  all  that  I  read  it  to,  all  that  heard  it  rehears'd;  ail 
the  Actors,  they  studied  their  parts  with  great  delight,  ...  I 
have  not  read  of  any  Battel,  Seige  or  Skirmish,  where  any  of 
the  Enemies  of  the  Government  behav'd  themselves  with  such 
mettle  and  boldness,  as  that  Party  did  that  attack'd  this  Play: 
They  ran  upon  Edge  and  Point,  and  fought  it  with  Head,  Stick 

C13] 


and  Heel;  and  I  commend  them,  for  their  Heels  and  Canes  be- 
ing as  Wise  as  their  Heads,  but  much  harder,  gave  the  Play  the 
worst  blows.  Had  they  trusted  only  to  their  Heads,  they 
might  have  been  v/orsted,  but  striking  the  ground  perpetually 
with  Stick  and  Heel,  made  such  a  noise  and  confusion,  that 
none  but  Butchers,  and  others  us'd  to  Bull-baitings,  cou'd  take 
any  pleasure  in  the  House.  To  these  they  made  such  an  agree- 
able entertainment,  and  others  they  so  deafned,  that  none 
could  attend  to  the  Players.  On  the  contrary,  the  Audience  was 
become  Actors,  and  the  Actors  an  Audience;  seeing  a  Play 
begun  in  the  Pit,  the  Actors  were  bound  in  good  manners  to  let 
their  Parts  fall,  and  give  way  to  their  betters  .  .  .  some  of 
them  kept  up  their  Parts  to  a  very  good  heighth,  and  those 
that  let  them  fall  when  they  perceived  them  disgustful  to  any, 
were  not  in  fault,  but  shewed  more  modesty  than  some  Actors 
in  the  Pit,  who  Act  Parts  nauseous  to  the  whole  World.' 

The  Prologue  and  Epilogue  to  the  New  Comedy,  called. 

The  English  Frj'er,  Or,  The  Town  Sparks.  Licensed,  March  17. 

1689.   J.  F.  []At  end]  London,  Printed  for  John  Amery;  and 

published  by  Randal  Taylor,  1690. 

Folio  sheet,  27.5  X  16.5  cmm.  A  copy  is  in  the  British 
Museum.  Below  the  text  on  p.  1  is  an  Advertisement  of  *A 
True  and  Impartial  Account  of  the  most  Material  Passages  in 
Ireland  since  Decemb.  1688  .  .  .  Printed  for  John  Amery  at 
the  Peacock  against  St.  Dunstan's  Church  in  Fleetstreet.' 

The  line  beginning  'And  fain  would  have  it*  in  the  quarto, 
reads  'And  strive  to  have  it  acted  o'er  agen.* 

Henry  the  Sixth,  The  First  Part.   With  The  Murder  Of 

Humphrey  Duke  of  Glocester.    As  it  was  Acted  at  the  Dukes 

Theatre.    Written  by  Mr.  Crown.  London,  Printed  for  R. 

Bentley,  and  M.  Magnes,  in  Russel-Street,  in  Covent-Garden. 

1681. 

.    4°.  8, 70  pp. 

The  Epistle  to  Sir  Charles  Sidley  says '  I  use  your  Name  .... 
as  I  did  Shakespear's  to  support  it  on  the  Stage.  I  called  it  in 
the  Prologue  Shakespear's  Play,  though  he  has  no  Title  to  the 

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40th  part  of  it.  The  Text  I  took  out  of  his  Second  Part  of 
Henry  the  Sixth,  but  as  most  Texts  are  serv'd,  I  left  it  as  soon 
as  I  could.  For  though  Shakespear  be  generally  very  delight- 
ful, he  is  not  so  always.  His  Volumn  is  all  up-hill  and  down; 
Paradise  was  never  more  pleasant  than  some  parts  of  it,  nor 
Ireland  and  Greenland  colder,  and  more  uninhabitable  then 
others.  And  I  have  undertaken  to  cultivate  one  of  the  most 
barren  Places  in  it.  The  Trees  are  all  Shrubs,  and  the  Men 
Pigmies,  nothing  has  any  Spirit,  or  shape;  the  Cardinal  is 
duller  then  ever  Priest  was.  And  he  has  hudled  up  the  Murder 
of  Duke  Humphry,  as  if  he  had  been  guilty  of  himself,  and  was 
afraid  to  shew  how  it  was  done.* 

The  Dedication  to  'The  English  Frier,*  1690,  says  of  this 
play,  'e're  it  liv'd  long,  it  was  stifled  by  command.' 

"^  [The  Same.]  The  Second  Part.  Or  The  Misery  of  Civil  War, 
As  it  v^^as  Acted  at  the  Dukes  Theatre.  Written  by  Mr.  Crown,  j^^ 
London,  Printed  for  R.  Bentley,  and  M.  Magnes,  in  Russel- 
Street,  in  Coven t-Garden.    168 1. 
4°.  4, 72  pp. 

The  1680  edition,  with  the  title  'The  Misery,*  etc.,  is  de- 
scribed below. 

The  History  of  the  Famous  and  Passionate  Love,  Between 
A  Fair  Noble  Parisian  Lady,  And  A  Beautiful  Young  Singing- 
Man;  A  Chanter  in  the  Quire  of  Notre-Dame  in  Paris,  And  A 
Singer  in  Opera's.  An  Heroic  Poem.  In  Two  Canto's.  Being  in 
Imitation  of  Virgil's  Dido  and  Aeneas;  and  shews  all  the  Pas- 
sions of  a  Proud  Beauty,  compell'd  by  Love,  to  abandon  her 
self  to  her  Inferiour;  and  being  forsaken,  how  she  Reveng'd 
her  self,  and  recovered  her  Honor.  Licensed,  January  '26th. 
169^.  London,  Printed  for  R.  T.  near  Sationers-Hall,  1692. 
4**- 4,  28  pp. 

The  British  Museum  copy  is  dated  in  manuscript  12  Feb. 
169I.  'To  The  Reader'  explains  that  'This  Poem  was  design'd 
for  an  Epsode  to  that  called  the  Daeneids;  .  .  .  Both  of  'em 
are  a  kind  of  Burlesque,  directly  contrary  to  that  of  Virgil 

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Travestie,  for  that  makes  a  Hero  and  Heroine  talk  like  Higlers 
or  Costardmongers,  and  this  represents  Priests,  Chanters  and     ■ 
Vergers,  like  Gods  and  Heroes.  * 

The  History  of  Charles  the  Eighth  of  France,  Or  The 
Invasion  of  Naples  by  the  French.  As  it  is  acted  at  his  High- 
nesses the  Duke  of  York's  Theater.  Written  by  Mr.  Crowne. 
Honestum  est  secundis  tertijsvd  consistere.  Qu.  London, 
Printed  by  T.  R.  and  N.  T.  for  Ambrose  Isted,  at  the  Sign  of 
the  Golden  Anchor,  over  against  St.  Dunstans  Church  in  Fleet-  ,  ^ 
street.  1672. 

'  [|The  Same;  Acted.]  Printed  for  A.  I.  and  are  to  be  sold  by 
Robert  Boulter  at  the  Turks-Head  in  Cornhill  against  the 
Exchange,  1680.  Lt 

4^  8,  77,  2  pp. 

The  sheets  of  the  first  edition  reissued  with  a  new  title. 

Juliana  or  the  Princess  of  Poland.  A  Tragicomedy.  As  it  is 
Acted  at  His  Royal  Highness  the  Duke  of  York's  Theatre.  By 
J.  Crown,  Gent.  Presto,  e  bene,  di  rado  riesce  bene.  Licenced, 
Sept.  8.  1671.  Roger  L'Estrange.  London,  Printed  for  Will. 
Cademan  at  the  Popes-Head  in  the  lower  Walk  in  the  New- 
Exchange,  and  Will.  Birch  at  the  lower  end  of  Cheapside,  1671. 
4°.  16,  64  pp.;  1st  leaf  lacking  in  copies  seen. 

Justice  Busy;  or,  the  Gentleman  Quack. 

'Not  printed  but  J.  O.  Halliwell  says  "the  songs  introduced 
into  it  were  published  separately  with  the  music.'" 

>The  Married  Beau:  Or,  The  Curious  Impertinent,  A  Comedy: 
Acted  at  the  Theatre-Royal,  By  Their  Majesties  Servants. 
Written  by  Mr.  Crowne.   London:  Printed  for  Richard  Bent- 

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L( 


ley,  at  the  Post-House  in  Russel-Street  in  Covent-Garden. 

1694. 

4°.  10,  64,  2  pp.,  text  numbered  1-38,  41-66. 

Printed  in  two  sections.  As  the  first  ended  on  page  38, 
leaving  the  last  leaf  of  signature  F  empty,  this  leaf  was  re- 
moved so  that  there  are  no  pages  numbered  39-40.  As  the 
preliminary  matter  required  two  pages  more  than  the  eight 
allowed  by  signature  A,  it  is  probable  that  these  two  extra 
pages  were  printed  on  sig.  F4,  which  was  cut  off  and  inserted 
between  A  and  B. 

The  Misery  of  Civil-War.  A  Tragedy,  As  it  is  Acted  at  the 
Duke's  Theatre,  By  His  Royal  Highnesses  Servants.  Written 
by  Mr.  Crown.  London,  Printed  for  R.  Bentley,  and  M. 
Magnes,  in  Russel-Street  in  Covent-Garden,  1680.  LC 

4°.  4, 72  pp. 

The  second  edition,  with  the  title:  'Henry  the  Sixth,  the 
Second  Part:  or,  The  Misery  of  Civil  War.  London,  1681,'  is 
described  above. 

Notes  and  Observations  on  the  Empress  of  Morocco.   Or, 
Some  few  Errata's  to  be  Printed  instead  of  the  Sculptures  with 
the   Second   Edition   of  that   Play  .  .  .  Juvenal.     London, 
Printed  in  the  Year,  1674. 
4°.  16, 72  pp.  and  a  slip  referring  to  a  sheet  'lost  in  the  Press*. 

Composed  in  collaboration  with  John  Dryden  and  Thomas 
Shadwell. 

Pandion  and  Amphigenia:  Or,  The  History  Of  The  Coy  Lady 
Of  Thessalia  Adorned  with  Sculptures.  By  J.  Crowne.  London, 
Printed  by  L  G.  for  R.  Mills,  at  the  sign  of  the  Pestel  and  Mor- 
tar without  Temple-Barr,  Anno,  1665. 
8°.  12,  307  pp.  13  plates. 

In  the  dedication  to  Arthur,  Lord  Viscount  Chichester,  Earl 
of  Donegal,  the  author  says  'This  poor  Off-spring  of  my  va- 
cant hours,  having  slept  awhile  in  the  shades  of  obscurity  and 

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silence,  I  knew  not  when  it  might  better  walk  abroad,  and  take 
the  Air  of  popular  censure,  than  in  the  Sun-shine  of  your  Lord- 
ship Patronage.  ...  I  was  scarce  twenty  years  of  Age  when 
I  fancyed  it,  and  therefore  it  must  needs  want  those  masculine 
conceits  as  do  violence  to  mens  understandings.' 

A  Poem,  on  The  Lamented  Death  of  our  Late  Gratious  Sov- 
eraign,  King  Charles  the  IL  Of  ever  Blessed  Memory.  With 
a  Congratulation  to  the  Happy  Succession  of  King  James  the 
IL  By  Mr.  Crown.  London,  Printed  for  John  Smith  Book- 
seller in  Russel-Street  near  Covent-Garden.  1685. 
4°.  I  leaf,  5-16  pp. 

Regulus:  a  Tragedy.  As  it  is  Acted  by  Their  Majesties  Ser- 
vants, Written  by  Mr.  Crown.    London,  Printed  for  James 
Knapton,  at  the  Crown  in  St.  Paul's  Church-yard,  1694.        |,( 
4^  4,  63,  I  pp. 

There  is  an  Advertisement  of  Charles  Cotton's  'Memoirs  of 
Monsieur  De  Pontis*  below  the  imprint. 

Sir  Courtly  Nice:  or,  It  cannot  Be.  A  Comedy.  As  it  is 
Acted  by  His  Majesties  Servants.  Written  by  Mr.  Crown. 
London,  Printed  by  H.  H.  Jun.  for  R.  Bently,  in  Russel-street, 
Covent-Garden,  and  Jos.  Hindmarsh,  at  the  Golden-Ball  over 
against  the  Royal  Exchange  in  Cornhill.  m.  dc.  lxxxv. 
4°.  8, 59, 1  pp. 

(]The  Same.]  The  Second  Edition  .  .  .  London,  Printed  by 
M.  B.  for  R.  Bently  \jls  above],  m.  dc.  xciii.  ^'- 

4°.  8, 51, 1  pp. 

[|The  Same.]  by  Her  Majesty's  Servants  . . .  London:  Printed 
for  R.  Wellington,  at  the  Daulphin  at  the  West-end  of  St. 
Pauls;  and  E.  Rumball,  at  the  Post-house  in  Covent-Garden, 
1703. 
4°.  8, 64  pp. 

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QThe  Same.]  London:  Printed  for  B.  Tooke,  at  the  Middle 
Temple  Gate  in  Fleetstreet,  near  Temple-Bar;  and  G.  Strahan 
at  the  Golden-Ball,  overagainst  the  Royal-Exchange  in  Corn- 
hill,  1703. 
4°.  8, 64  pp. 

A  change  in  the  position  of  the  catchword  on  p.  15  shows 
that  the  two  1703  editions  were  separate  impressions  from  the 
same  type. 

I^The  Same.]  ...  As  it  was  Acted  .  .  .  London,  Printed  for 
G.  Strahan,  at  the  Golden-Ball  over-against  the  Royal-Ex- 
change in  Cornhill;  S.  Tooke,  and  B.  Motte,  at  the  Middle- 
Temple-Gate  in  Fleetstreet.  mdccxxiv. 
12°.  12, 81,3  pp. 

[]The  Same.]  London :  Printed  for  G.  Strahan,  over  against  the 
Royal  Exchange  in  Cornhill;  B.  Motte,  at  the  Middle-Temple- 
Gate  in  Fleetstreet;  J.  Poulson;   and  Richard,  James,  and 
Bethel  Wellington,  mdcc.xxxi. 
12°.  12, 81,3  pp. 

[The  Same.]  London,  Printed  for  W.  Feales,  at  Rowe's  Head, 
the  Corner  of  Essex-Street  in  the  Strand;  G.  Strahan  against 
the  Royal  Exchange  in  Cornhill;  B.  Motte,  at  the  Middle- 
Temple  Gate  in  Fleet-street;  R.  Wellington,  at  the  Dolphin  and 
Crown,  and  C.  Corbett,  at  Addison's  Head,  both  without 
Temple-Barr;  and  J.  Brindley,  at  the  King's  Arms  in  New 
Bond-strtet.  mdccxxxv. 
12°.  108  pp. 

Frontispiece  *  Arnoldus  Vanhaecken  invt.  et  Delin.  Aegidius 
King  sculp.'    Title  in  red  and  black. 

[]The  Same.]  As  it  is  Acted  at  the  Theatres-Royal  In  Drury 
Lane  and  Covent  Garden,  By  His  Majesty's  Servants.  Written 
by  Mr.  Crown.  London :  Printed  for  C.  Bathurst, Mess. Hawes, 

C19] 


Clarke,  and  Collins,  I.  Lowndes,  T.  Caslon,  and  C.  Corbett. 

MDCCLXV. 
12®.  76  pp. 

[]The  Same.]  Sir  Phantast  oder  Es  kann  nicht  seyn,  Ein 
Lustspiel  in   fiinf  Aufzugen   aus  dem  Englischen  des  John 
Crown.   Bremen.   Bey  JohannHeinrich  Cramer,  1767. 
8°.  4,  164  pp.  I  p.  Corrigenda. 

[]The  Same.]    Die  unmogliche  Sache.    Ein  Lustspiel  in  vier 
Aufzugen  nach  dem  Englishchen  des  Crown.    Aufgefiihrt  im 
k.  k.  National-Hoftheater.     Wien.    Zu  findenbeym  Logen- 
meister  1782. 
8°.  95  pp. 

The  Prologue  and  Epilogue  To  the  New  Comedy,  called, 
Sir  Courtly  Nice,  or.  It  Cannot  be.  [^At  end]  London,  Printed 
for  Tho.  Benskin  at  the  Corner  Shop  in  Little-Lincolns-Inn- 
Fields.  1685. 

Folio  leaf,  29.5  X  16.5  cmm. 

The  Epilogue  was  almost  wholly  rewritten  before  it  was 
printed  in  the  quarto  edition;  this  earlier  version  is  reprinted 
on  page  21. 

Thyestes  a  Tragedy.  Acted  at  the  Theatre-Royal,  By  their 
Majesties  Servants.  Written  by  Mr.  Crown.  London,  Printed 
for  R.  Bently  and  M.  Magnes,  in  Russel-street,  in  Covent- 
Garden  near  the  Piazza's,  Anno  Domini,  mdclxxxi. 

4*"-  6, 56  pp. 

See  the  note  to  the  second  edition  of 'The  Ambitious  States- 
man.' 


*       *       * 

*       * 


THE  EPILOGUE  TO 
SIR  COURTLY  NICE,  OR,  IT  CANNOT  BE 

As  printed  for  Tho.  Bens  kin  at  the  Corner 
Shop  in  Little-Lincolns-In7i-FieldSy  in  1685 

To  plead  for  Freedome  in  so  free  a  time. 

May  seem  Impertinent,  if  not  a  Crime. 

The  Circling  Sea,  gives  Limits  to  our  Shores, 

But  nothing  bounds  our  Rabble,  Wives,  or  Whores. 

In  Spite  of  all  Indulgent  Sway  can  do. 

Our  Croud,  their  Lust  of  Faction  will  persue. 

And  either  Sex  will  to  their  Joys  go  on. 

Scorning  all  ills  to  Honour,  Purse,  or  Bone. 

Nay,  Parents  now,  not  only  can  endure 

Their  Childrens  Faults,  but  which  is  worse,  procure. 

Of  Old,  Proud  Mother,  full  of  Parent  Sway, 

Kept  Miss  a  Vassal  to  her  work  all  day; 

And  to  the  Wooing  Spark,  Miss  was  not  brought, 

But  some  fine  Golden  thing,  her  Needle  wrought. 

Now  you  shall  meet  Young  Lady  and  her  Mother, 

Rambling  in  Hackney-Coaches,  Masqu'd  together. 

Yes,  and  to  Speak  the  Truth,  to  work  they  go. 

Fine  work,  but  such  as  they  will  never  show; 

Except  some  Net  to  draw  a  Fool  to  Wed, 

And  then  he  finds  Miss  rare  at  work  ....  a  Bed. 

Nay,  we  have  gotten  other  Schools  of  late. 

As  Masquerades,  and  the  Jews  Chocolate. 

There  Fowler  like,  a  v/atching  Gallant  pores. 

Behind  his  Glove,  to  get  a  Shot  at  Whores, 

Whose  Coach  and  Bones  comes  Ratling  to  the  Dores. 

Nearer  he  creeps,  discharges  some  kind  words. 

And  off  he  carries  streight  the  wounded  Birds. 

Another  Gallant  waits  in  the  great  Room, 

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Till  a  New  Cargazon  of  Strumpets  come; 

And  there  with  his  own  Face  he  Treats  his  Eyes; 

What  need  he  see,  he  can  Act  Comedies? 

There  by  four  Glasses  plac'd,  as  for  the  nonce. 

Sir  Sparkish  Acts  four  Coxcombs  all  at  once. 

Our  Galleries  were  finely  us'd  of  late. 

Where  Roosting  Masques  sate  Cackling  for  a  Mate; 

They  came  not  to  see  Plays,  but  Act  their  own. 

And  had  throng'd  Audiences  when  we  had  none: 

Both  Pit  and  Gallery  was  a  Strumpet  Fair, 

Where  Higling  Whores,  Sold  Rotten  Pumpions  dear. 

This  Comedy  throws  all  this  Leudness  down. 

For  Vertuous  Liberty  it  pleads  alone; 

Promotes  the  Stage  toth*  ends  at  first  design'd. 

At  once  to  Profit  and  Delight  the  Mind. 


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